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by kr2 1y ago
> However, the overall takeaway was: Don’t use the MongoDB Increment value as a Unique Identifier. However, the overall takeaway should be, as always: don't use MongoDB. Period. Every time I learn something new about it I'm baf
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by kr2 1y ago
> The still frame ads are always NSFW games or ads for viagra-like products. In shorts, the ads are always scams of some kind. Usually deepfakes of elon musk “giving investment advice” but also “medical experts” recommending likely dange
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Some of my favorite parts of the Direct File codebase(alexthemark.substack.com)
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by kr2 1y ago
in case it’s helpful for you, what i do when i find an article i really enjoy and want to keep to maybe revisit: i have a folder in my google drive for these with some sub-directories for light categorization, and then save a pdf copy of th
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by kr2 1y ago
Chiming in from Los Angeles, USA to say wow, must be nice living in a modern society that prioritizes public transit and peoples' ease of movement. I know, I know, it comes with trade offs of living in an authoritarian state, but the a
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by kr2 2y ago
This is still used today by Jews for Hebrew names. "Bar", the Aramaic word for "son", has in Hebrew its counterpart "ben" ("bat" for women). So your Hebrew name is eg "David ben Benjamin", D
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by kr2 2y ago
In Farsi / Persian we have "-zadeh" which means child of (born from). Last names were not instituted in Persia / Iran until early 1900s and everyone got to pick their own, so there are a lot of *zadehs as it was an easy
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by kr2 2y ago
I was going to ask you to please explain as I didn't understand, but I am guessing you are talking about the same thing as this comment[1] right? That's super cool https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41042570
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by kr2 2y ago
You massively underestimate the care or thought some Americans give to anything including legibly writing an address; very cool look into how USPS handles that situation (link free to read without subscription) https://www.nytim
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by kr2 2y ago
The same hype cycle as with anything else, as noted in the article. I too am wary of the badge - what's your actual product doing man? Remember when everything was on the blockchain?
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by kr2 8y ago
Started waking up at the same time every morning (during the week). Builds a foundation for consistency and helps start getting the rest of your day (and the things you want to get done in a day) in order/on track
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by kr2 9y ago
F*cking awful. I'm a great engineer. I'm not a good manager. There is a big difference, and most of the other replies have done a great job laying out the differences. All I want to do is sit in my corner and build stuff. /en